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Pounding rain, a deadly typhoon battered the philippines over the christmas holiday. the typhoon made landfall on tuesday. with sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour and gusts of 195 -- [ screaming ] >> reporter: the storm had the strength of a category 1 hurricane, and then grew in strength to a category 2 and left a trail of destruction, heavy rain and storm surges that caused massive flooding. trees were toppled, power lines downed, homes were destroyed and 58,000 people had to be evacuated. it was a nightmare for throws of people traveling over christmas in the predominantly catholic ...

Power in north carolina. one of the things people are not really talking about too much is the fact that this area is trying to just recover from florence which hit last year. almost on the year anniversary. this area was hit really hard. people were taking precaution. this time when the evacuation order was given, people took heed to that and got out of the way. we also traveled as a crew yesterday where a tornado spawned quickly and damaged a mobile park home. luckily no one was hurt in that. damage reports haven't come in so far today. we don't think there's been any massive structural issu...

All right. we are back now with more breaking news on hurricane dorian. it has weakened slightly to a category 1 storm but is still packing sustained winds of up to 90 miles an hour, pounding rain expected well into this afternoon. >> we're going to have an update with bill karins in just a moment. but we're back following sop breaking news as dorian's eye wall hugs carolina's coast. >> nearly 500 north carolina national guard soldiers and airmen are ready to support disaster efforts as part of this state emergency response team. joining us now on the phone is wes morrison, army national guard...

It has weakened slightly to a category 1 storm but is still packing sustained winds up to 90 miles an hour. pounding rain is expected well into this afternoon. and take a look at this. a sudden loss of power as you see there in wilmington, north carolina. lights out suddenly. more than 300,000 homes are currently without power in that area in north and south carolina. meanwhile, in the bahamas, devastated by dorian. another level of devastation. people are camping out at the abaco airport to get out of the disaster zone. this tiny island is serviced by small propeller planes that carry only 16...

Like this and the pounding rain. you can see how badly flooded this street is. it's coming down here. latest information we have from the mayor's office, they have 110 road closures all around the charleston area. they have 50 traffic lights out, and 164 trees down. i'm going to show you one of those. this house and others like it threatened by the high tide and the storm surge as it creeps up on this house maybe zoom down to that tree. that tree fell on a power line, and it is menacing that area down there, if anybody is walking around there, they're in serious danger. that large tree is lean...